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The debate on DC’s new paid family leave policy

Clip: 12/22/2016 | 9m 4s

DC just passed one of the leading paid family leave laws in the country.

The District of Columbia just passed one of the leading paid family leave laws in the country: D.C. parents who work in the private sector can now take eight weeks off at up to 90 percent of their pay. But opinions differ on the law’s economic impacts. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.

12/22/2016 | Rating NR

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